More than 80 lawmakers have called on the Obama administration to allow gay men to donate blood.

The lawmakers say the administration should change what they say is an "outdated" policy.

Eighty-two lawmakers in the House and Senate signed on to the letter, including Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Enzi was the only Republican to sign the letter.

They said Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius should re-evaluate blood donation criteria that ban gay men from donating blood for life.

I’m an 11 gallon donor. If the Red Cross allows HIV-infected blood into the system then I’ll stop donating. And so will a whole lot of other donors.

We should have learned this lesson from France.

When you ask the question, “How stupid can you get?”, the left keeps redefining the limits.

BTW: I’m aware of the recent studies on HIV blood donation and the statistical results. If you believe Wikipedia and the left you’ll believe anything. Better safe than sorry. And don’t tell me only a few people will get contaminated and infected. One is too many.

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posted on 08/05/2013 12:52:15 PM PDT
by JT Hatter
(Who is Barack Obama? And What is He Really Up To?)

Yep. It’s insanity. There’s a very, VERY good reason why the ban was put into place in the first place. As I recall, the AIDS virus could be transmitted before it could be detected by blood tests. In other words, there was no way to ensure donated blood was free of the virus. At the time, I recall people who needed transfusions were getting the AIDS virus from donated blood.

Now, if they can prove donated blood is 100% safe (which I very highly doubt), then maybe the ban could be reasonably lifted. If not, then it needs to stay in place. These jerks who signed the petition should be the FIRST to receive donated blood from active homosexuals. Me, personally? I don’t want contaminated blood so some stinking politician can feel satisfied with themselves (for being all tolerant and diverse).

BTW: Im aware of the recent studies on HIV blood donation and the statistical results. If you believe Wikipedia and the left youll believe anything. Better safe than sorry. And dont tell me only a few people will get contaminated and infected. One is too many.

I grew up in a rurual area and a high school classmate lost her mother to HIV due to a Tainted Blood Donation in the early 80’s....

I would be in favor of this if all the blood donated by homosexuals was identified and targeted only for the use of Congressman, Senators, their staffs and White House personnel. Those people should be required to use blood donated by homosexuals. No other donated blood should ever be available to them.

I've wondered that myself. I suppose the answer lies somewhere in the area of what makes it so important that they be "married," as opposed to joined by civil union. They don't want any asterisks in the playbook.

It's the Orwellian, leftist supported technique of controlling language to control conceptualization of difference.

One has to wonder if, when he was undergoing his heart replacement surgery, Cheney would have opted for blood donated by a gay man.

Perhaps blood banks can take blood from gay men and have it labeled as such. They could allow the blood recipient the option of using it or not. Oh, and make its acceptance mandatory for Members of Congress and gay activists.

VanDeKoik: “They dont care where they get it or from whom, and they have the STD infection rate to prove it.”

Now, what a minute. You can’t write that! We aren’t permitted to mention that filthy homosexuals have a much higher incidence of AIDS and other STDs, just like we can’t say young, black males have a much higher crime rate. Haven’t you learned there are some truths that may never be spoken?

Eighty-two lawmakers in the House and Senate signed on to the letter, including Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Enzi was the only Republican to sign the letter.

If any of them need a transfusion, they should have to only be given blood donated by homosexuals.

But, in the usual scope of all things related to lawmakers, they will exempt themselves from having to abide by the laws they pass.

Let’s be scientific about it first. The congress critters can be the subjects of a double blind test, giving one group the blood of queers once a week for twelve months, and the other group the blood of drug addicts for another twelve months, not telling either group which blood they are getting, and see who feels best when the experiment is over. Swapping of bodily fluids between the to two test samples will have to be forbidden.

The thing to do is to donate your own blood in advance of the surgery so that it can be ready if you need some back. I’m told this is the safest way. I don’t know if that’s possible everywhere in the US, though.

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